ushernet Chapter 101 Trying to Squeeze the Soft Persimmon Backfires
Chapter 101 Trying to Squeeze the Soft Persimmon Backfires
The person behind the tree was also startled and hid there, too afraid to move.
Tao Tao, who was roasting frog legs, suddenly transformed into a streak of white light and appeared behind the man in an instant. He patted the man's shoulder with a grin and asked, "Why aren't you answering my question?"
The man trembled with fright and turned around abruptly, only to see Tao Tao's adorable and innocent face. Although it was very cute, it exuded a strange sense of danger.
"W-what's the problem?" The man was terrified, his words tumbling out incoherently. He instinctively backed away, his magical weapon already prepared for attack, but Tao Tao appeared too quickly, completely disrupting his plans.
"Are you asking if you want to eat meat?" Tao Tao grinned, looking innocent and harmless. The man was taken aback, and thinking of the scene just now, he couldn't help but swallow, his face full of refusal. "No, no need, you should eat it yourself, I have to go now."
The fact that they could appear behind him so silently without being noticed meant that their cultivation was above his. He had originally thought that Tao Tao and Qin Xiyu were easy to deal with, so he planned to snatch their nameplates first. Who knew they would be so strong?
Knowing he was not someone to mess with, the man turned tail and prepared to run, but Tao Tao grabbed his shoulder and asked, "Where are you going?"
The blow felt incredibly heavy; he felt his body suddenly become immobile, his legs went weak, and his heart was filled with fear.
"Who are you!?"
At the same time, a man rushed out and attacked Qin Xiyu directly. Fortunately, Qin Xiyu was prepared and dodged the attack. However, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. After all, the other party was at the Foundation Establishment stage, while she, at the Qi Refining stage, could only be slaughtered.
Hearing this voice, Tao Tao was worried about Qin Xiyu, but the person she was holding down became gloating, "My teammate has arrived, little girl, let me go, otherwise your teammate will be in trouble. With such a low cultivation level, my teammate will not show any mercy to her."
"Hmph." Tao Tao snorted coldly, said nothing more, and simply carried the person away into the air.
At this point, Qin Xiyu had been forced into a corner with nowhere to retreat. Her opponent was extremely ruthless, and every time he used his spear, he aimed it at Qin Xiyu's vital points. The only reason she was able to hold on until now was because the alchemy furnace was protecting her.
After all, it was a magical artifact given to her by her master, so it was naturally more powerful than ordinary magical artifacts. However, it couldn't last much longer, so she could only place her hopes on Tao Tao.
"What are you looking at? Your opponent is me." The attacking man sneered, his spear aimed straight at Qin Xiyu's chest. His attack was too fast, and Qin Xiyu had no way to dodge, so she could only use her alchemy furnace to block it.
Unexpectedly, even the alchemy furnace was on the verge of collapse under such an attack. The man's lips curled up slightly, and with a "crack," the alchemy furnace shattered. He then forcefully thrust the spear down, and just as he was about to take Qin Xiyu's life, Tao Tao swiftly threw the man in her hand, which struck the man holding the spear squarely.
"Uh..." The blow knocked him off balance, and the spear went slightly astray. Tao Tao used his double rings to knock the spear away and quickly grabbed Qin Xiyu's waist to pull her back.
After the spear was knocked down, the man felt his entire arm go numb, which showed just how terrifying the opponent's strength was.
"Senior sister, are you alright?" Tao Tao asked Qin Xiyu with concern. At this moment, Qin Xiyu's face was as pale as paper. She almost lost her life in just a moment.
"No..." Qin Xiyu shook her head slightly. Although she was scared, she still needed to consider the two people in front of her. They must have come for the nameplate.
"Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on her? How come she was thrown over here?" The man, enduring the numbness in his arm, picked up the spear from the ground and yelled at the other man.
Stunned by the shout, the man, also angry, retorted, "You think I didn't want to? Didn't you see that their strength was above ours? I sensed something was wrong as soon as they made their move. Although that demonic beast wasn't low-level, it was dealt with instantly. Do you think her cultivation level is really as it appears?"
"Even if her cultivation level is above ours, she still has a burden, doesn't she? What can a Qi Refining stage cultivator do?"
"The problem isn't that you didn't deal with her quickly enough? Otherwise, we could at least have gotten a nameplate."
"..."
The two of them actually started arguing, and their words were mostly meant to belittle Qin Xiyu, making Qin Xiyu's face turn red and white in turns.
She knew she was weak, but it was still quite embarrassing to be told that to her face.
Tao Tao couldn't listen to it anymore. She kicked her legs and leaped in front of them. Without hesitation, she summoned the Ice Lightning Sword. The electric current flowing on the sword was terrifying. The two of them immediately shut up and looked at Tao Tao with tense expressions.
"What's all the noise about? I haven't said anything yet!" Tao Tao said angrily. The two of them nodded quickly, "Please, please say it..."
"I'll give you two choices: either leave your nameplates and go, or I'll beat you until you hand over your nameplates."
Tao Tao showed no politeness towards the two of them. They thought he was easy to bully and tried to attack him from behind. Luckily, they were only of average strength. If a stronger one had come, he would have been at a disadvantage.
"This..." The two hesitated. That was a nameplate. If they handed it over, wouldn't they lose some points? Besides, maybe if they fought hard, they could at least escape, if not defeat Tao Tao.
Seeing them fidgeting and remaining silent for a long time, Tao Tao angrily said, "I'm asking you, why aren't you talking? Looks like you want a punch?"
As he spoke, the electric current on the Ice Lightning Sword intensified, sending chills down everyone's spines. Just imagining how painful it would be if that thing struck them was enough.
"Okay, we'll hand it over..." The man who was captured by Tao Tao spoke first. He had clearly felt Tao Tao's strength. If they were to fight, it would be good if he could escape. If he couldn't escape, wouldn't he have lost both his wife and his army?
The other person was clearly surprised by his words and looked at him in shock. He shook his head slightly and secretly communicated with him. Although the other person was still unhappy, he did not object again.
"This is my nameplate." The man obediently handed over the nameplate, offering it with both hands. Tao Tao accepted it calmly, then looked at the man with the spear, "And yours?"
The man was shocked. "You want two more?"
"Otherwise what? There are two of us, of course we need two! You won't give them to us?" Tao Tao tilted her head and asked in a childish voice. It was really chilling to hear such a cute little girl say such things. Fearing that he would continue to argue, the person next to him gently nudged him with his elbow, signaling him to hand them over.
Finally, the man impatiently took out a nameplate and threw it at Tao Tao, angrily asking, "Can we leave now?"
"Let's go, let's go." Tao Tao took the nameplate, checked its authenticity, and after confirming it was genuine, casually waved and walked towards Qin Xiyu, not even glancing at the two of them.
After exchanging glances, the two quickly left.
"Senior sister, now we have two nameplates." Tao Tao happily tossed the nameplate to Qin Xiyu. Qin Xiyu was too embarrassed to accept it, so she said, "Junior sister, this is what you deserve. Why give it to me? I didn't do anything."
Tao Tao laughed heartlessly, "How could you say you didn't contribute? Your alchemy furnace was destroyed, so you contributed a lot."
This made Qin Xiyu feel much better. She accepted the nameplate calmly and said solemnly, "If my junior sister ever needs my help in the future, I will do everything in my power to help you."
On the other side, the two of them ran very fast, using almost all the speed-enhancing magical artifacts they could find, and only stopped when they were thousands of miles away.
"Luckily, we ran into two idiots as soon as we came in and took their nameplates, otherwise we would have suffered a huge loss this time."
"Useless trash."
"You called me useless? If we don't hand over those two nameplates, ours will be lost too. Can you guarantee we'll be so lucky next time?"
"I guess not."
Suddenly, a woman's voice came from deep within the woods. The two were startled and quickly took out their magical artifacts, cautiously looking around. "Who is it? Who's there?"
There was no reply, only a series of silvery laughs...